Chemical Dominoes
My group for this project included Emilie Baxter, Gabby Bitton, and Zach Muzzarelli.
Overview:
Between the different fields of science - Chemistry, Physics, Biology - there are always connections. For example, the human heart is an engineering masterpiece run by the pumping of blood. Plants are able to receive energy through photosynthesis which involves the chemical reaction of sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water converting into glucose and oxygen. Each are intertwined with the others creating a field consisting of new discoveries almost every day. In this project, we combined Physics and Chemistry concepts to create the Rube Goldberg machine of Chemistry - Chemical Dominoes. For our Chemical Dominoes project, we had four separate chemical reactions.
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Reflection:
In this project, my group ran into a few hiccups. The original idea was that each reaction would lead to the next until the final reaction was reached. My group decided it would be easier to burn a string that led to a few other reactions so we wouldn't have to think about how one reaction set off the next. This proved to be harder than we expected. We also ran into some trouble constructing our levers (it seems we've forgotten since freshman year), and one of our solutions wasn't working. Nevertheless, we were able to pull it together and finish the project strong.